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For the album, see Thin Lizzy (album).
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal.
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy onstage
Thin Lizzy in 1983 (left to right):
John Sykes, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Darren Wharton (Brian Downey not visible)
Background information
Origin
Dublin, Ireland
Genres
Hard rock blues rock heavy metal[1] folk rock (early)
Years active
1969โ1983 1994 1996โ2009 2010โ2013 2016โ2017 2019
Labels
Decca Vertigo Mercury (US) BMG EMI Deram Warner Bros. (US)
Associated acts
Skid Row Funky Junction Grand Slam Wild Horses Blue Murder Dare 21 Guns Black Star Riders
Website
thinlizzyband.com
Members
Scott Gorham
Darren Wharton
Ricky Warwick
Damon Johnson
Scott Travis
Troy Sanders
Past members
see list
Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and lead vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott led the group throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums, writing most of the material. The singles "Whiskey in the Jar" (a traditional Irish ballad), "The Boys Are Back in Town" and "Waiting for an Alibi" were international hits. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey. In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose. Thin Lizzy plan to reunite for occasional concerts.[2]
Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music. Thin Lizzy featured several guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their early members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles.
Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".[3] AllMusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition."[4]
History
Other Thin Lizzy releases and tributes
Style and legacy
Band members
Discography Edit
Main article: Thin Lizzy discography
Thin Lizzy (1971)
Shades of a Blue Orphanage (1972)
Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Nightlife (1974)
Fighting (1975)
Jailbreak (1976)
Johnny the Fox (1976)
Bad Reputation (1977)
Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Chinatown (1980)
Renegade (1981)
Thunder and Lightning (1983)
References
External links
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